True Red Morning Glory ?

Is there such a thing?
I planted Scarlett O'Hara from a commercial packet and got hot pink.
What a disappointment.

So, anyone know if there really really is a true red morning glory - other than cardinal climber.

Thanks for your help,
Nikki

There are some others, but they're all small:

I. quamoclit--Cypress Vine (one of the parents of 'Cardinal Climber')
I. coccinea--red form (more of a hot red-orange)
I. hederifolia

These are the ones I'm familiar with, but there may be more. I'm disappointed too, by the lack of 'true' red large flowers. I'm hoping my SOH's come out red rather than hot pink. I'll be so let down!

I believe that out there 'somewhere' there REALLY is a TRUE 'RED' Morning Glory. I have come to believe that most folks really do NOT know what the color 'Red' is. eBay....Seed Order Companies.....everyone I ask 'Are your Seeds RED like the photo???' ALWAYS THEY ANSWER YES! It is just amazing to me why most insist on using the SAME SOLID RED PHOTO to advertise their Scarlet O'Hara Seeds. I'm STILL LOOKING TOO.....
This is what RON_CONVOLVULACEAE had to say on the following Thread.
Maybe Ron will see this thread and add other input.


http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/74/index.html
Morning Glory 'Scarlett O'Hara' (Ipomoea nil)
The photos by Dinu and Revclaus present an impression of Ipomoea nil to my eye,whilst the other photos pictured as of this date, are of Ipomoea purpurea var. "Crimson Rambler',with the variety 'Scarlet Rambler'being a variant of Ipomoea purpurea 'Crimson Rambler'.
The original 'Scarlett O'Hara'as described and pictured in 1939 has an all red throat,similar to the pictures of Ipomoea nil cultivar 'Candy Pink',but apparently the gene responsible for the all red throat in 'Scarlett O'Hara' can be 'lost,'if stringent breeding controls are not implemented.
True type 'Scarlett O'Hara' should be hand pollinated,with strict controls so as to preserve the'Old Fashioned' true red throat type,as this variety in its original authentic form is becoming a lost rarity.

I've never grown them(I have some weird aversion to red flowers) but stictocardia beraviensis is supposed to be true red...
here is a link:
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=47178&flora_id=1001
-T

Ps- hi Stacey! :o) & Hi Emma! lol... :o)

Hi Taylor,
Oh yes, the Stictocardia beraviensis has been on my 'Wish List' for some time and is so beautiful - even though the blooms are very small.
Emma

My SOH are supposed to be true red, but they haven't bloomed yet, so I don't know if I have the 'real' ones or not. I hope so!

I have a Stictocardia campanula seed, but it's supposed to be pink to rose-purple. I'm going to start it next spring and see how it does. Logee's has a listing for a S. beraviensis plant.

Hey Taylor! My lilac butterfly vine bloomed it's first summer!! Whoo hoo!! No pods yet, though. :-(

Stacey-
Good for you! Yours is ahead of mine. The yellows are booming, but the purples haven't for me, yet...

did you ever get a white coral vine? I started some seeds the other day, and thought of you...
-T

No, not yet. I haven't really been looking for it lately, but thanks for remembering me!

My yellow BFV is in a big pot of it's own now, but it's still not doing too much. I get the feeling that maybe rooting it from vines may be better.

I planted Scarlet O'Hara this year too, and the flowers are magenta, not red at all. And they are so big I think my hummers would get swallowed up by them.

Mark